Window cleaner and polisher.



No. 774,601. v PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904-.

c. L. PAGE. WINDOW CLEANER AND POLISHER.

APPLIOATIOK FILED APR. 25, 1904.

NO MODEL.

41 Inventor Httorneg UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW CLEANER AND POLISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,601, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed A ix-i125, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LAVERNE PAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chippewa Falls, in the county of Chippewa and State of lVisconsin, have invented a new and useful \Vindow Cleaner and Polisher, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to window cleaners or mops, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character by which the window after having been washed and had the surplus water wiped therefrom may be thoroughly dried and polished, thereby permitting of the entire cleaning operation being performed by the use of a single tool or implement.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is.

a perspective view of a cleaner embodying my invention and viewed from the front; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the cleaner as seen from the rear. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation taken at the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the head of the cleaner, having attached thereto a socket 2 forthe reception of the end of an operating-handle 3, there being provided upon and secured to the normally front face of the head a wiping member 4 in the form of a strip of rubber or other suitable flexible material. These parts may all be of the usual or any appropriate construction and material inasmuch as they are, except as hereinafter explained, foreign to my invention.

In accordance with my invention I attach to the normally rear face of the head 1 a mop.

or polisher engaging and holding device 5, comprising a fixed rigid jaw 6 and a movable spring-jaw or clamping member 7. The member or jaw 6, which extends longitudinally and throughout the entire length of the head 1, is preferably formed from a sheet-metal blank angularly bent into substantially L shape in cross-section and having one of its plates 8 seated against and secured by screws or otherwise to the adjacent face of the head. The plate 8 has at its terminals transversely-disposed outturned flanges or ears 9, perforated Serial No. 204,880. (No model.)

for the reception of the pivotal rod or axle 10 of the clamping member 7. The latter is pref.- erably composed from a length of wire bent adjacent to its terminals to form supportingarms 11, disposed at right angles to the body portion of the member, and in turn terminating in eyes 12, which receive the ends of the pivotal member '10, the terminals of which latter are suitably headed to prevent escape from the eyes.

Coiled upon the rod 10 is a pair of torsionsprings 13, formed in common from a single length of spring-wire, and having at their outer ends suitable arms or portions, which bear upon the adjacent face of the head 1, and provided at their inner ends with similar arms which extend to and are connected in any appropriate manner with the body portion of the member 7 Itis to be noted that the member 7, which is pivoted upon the rod 10 to swing toward or from the fixed member or jaw 6 and cooperate with the latter in clamping and retaining a polishing member or mop 14, is normally pressed to clamping position by means of the springs 13 and must be moved against the action of the latterin order to release and permit removal of the member 14. In order that this movement of the jaw may be readily accomplished, I have provided upon the said jaw a thumb-piece 15, preferably formedbya central U-shaped loop, which connects the spring13, and further constitutes the inner arms of the springs, above referred to, for connection with the clamping-jaw 7.

In practice the device is employed in the ordinary manner for cleaning a window by flushing the latter with water, which is removed by means of the wiping member 4. The glass having been dried asthoroughly as possible-in this manner the .instrument'is reversed to bring the mop 14 into play for thoroughly drying and polishing the glass. It is to be noted that the whole washing and polishing operation may be effected with the one implement and that by providing a handle 3 of sufficient lengththe use of astep-ladder or other scaffold may be dispensed with.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a device of simple construction and operation admirably adapted for the attain ment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes therein may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is- 1. In a device of the class described, ahead, a clamping member having one edge thereof secured to the head and provided With terminal outwardly-projectingperforated lugs and its opposite edge bent at right angles to form a fixed clampingjaw, apivotal rod extending through the perforated ears of said clamping member, a movable jaw pivoted upon said rod and adapted to engage the fixed jaw, and a spring acting on the movable jaw to maintain the latter in clamping position.

2. In a device of the class described, a head, a clamping member connected with the head and including a fixed jaW, said clamping memher being provided With oppositely-disposed perforated ears, a rod extending through said ears, a movable jaW pivoted upon the rod, and a spring having its opposite ends coiled upon said rod and its intermediate portion engaging the movable jaw and extended to form a centrally-disposed thumb-engaging loop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHARLES LAVERNE PAGE.

Witnesses:

B. BREDESEN, ELLA IVIONAT. 

